Shoe-horn



(No Medela) y J; M. BROWN.

, SHOE' HORN.

No.267,668. V Patented 1\I0V.21,1882.`

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lUMTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JESSE BROWN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-HORN.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 267,668, dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed Septemberll, 1882.

To all whom it may concern; Y f

Be it known that I, JEssE M. BROWN, of Boston, county of Suolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shoe- Horns, ot' Which the following description, in

connection with the accompanying drawings,

jects above the heel of the shoe in such po sition as to receive the heel of the foot that is being inserted in the shoe, the said portion sliding down with the foot into the shoe, so that there is no friction between the shoe-horn and the stocking, the sliding motion taking place between the two portions ot' the horn. In addition to the increased convenience in using the said horn it occupies, when made in two portions, as described, much less space than the ordinaryhorn composed of a single piece, 'and can consequently be more conveniently carried in the pocket or in a travelingbag.

Figure 1 shows in longitudinal section a shoe-horn embodying this invention applied to a shoe; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the said shoe-horn, and Fig. 3 a front elevation thereof.

l The shoe-horn is oomposed'of two parts, a a', properlycurved totittheheel,as showninFig.2, and the formerarranged to slidelongitudinally within the latter, which is curved over at its edges, as shown at 2, to form guides for the sliding portion a. The portion a', Which is intended to pass within the heel of the shoe, is bent over at its upper edge to form a heel-engaging-hook, b, the said portion a thus being suspended from the top ofthe heel rather than resting upon the sole at the lower end of the heel, as is usually the case. The portion a is preferably provided with a stop-projection, c, traveling in a groove, d, at the rear side of the Aportion o', the said projection c, by its engagement with the shoulder 3, formed at the upper (No model.)

end ofthe said groove d, preventing theportion a from being Wholly Withdrawn from the portion a.

In usingthc shoe-horn theportion. ci is drawn ont from the portion a', the hook b of which is engaged with the heel of the shoe, as shown inFig. l, and in inserting the tootinto the shoe the portion ct will slide down with the foot into the portion a' in the shoe, after which the two portions aI a' may be withdrawn together' in the usual mannerl Vhen not in use thc portion a may be slid down into the portion e', so that the entire shoe-horn will occupy scarcely more than halt' the space occupied by one of ordinary construction.

By making the guides 2 at the sides of the ,horn the entire surface ofthe portion a is unessential that the portion a., which slides with the i'oot in entering the shoe, should be Within or on the concaved side of the portion I), which is placed in the shoe on the first instance.

l claimv 1. In a shoe-horn, the combination of one part adapted to enter the heel ot' the shoe, and provided with guides at its edges, with another part on the concave side ot the former,

arranged to slide within the said guides, substantially as and for the purposefset forth.

2. In a shoe-horn, the combination of one part provided with a heel-engaginghook with another part arranged to slide telescopically into the first-mentioned part, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the part u, provided with a stop-projection, c, ot the part a on thc concave side thereof, provided with guides at its edges for the part a, and the groove to receive the said stop-projection, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereoflhave signed my name to this speciiication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE M. BROWN.

Witnesses:

J os. P. LIVERMORE, FRED A. POWELL. 

